Telegram-herald., 1887-11-11

our CORRESPONDENTS REPORT.
The Chime Of thu ssils-A Description ol
the Jail-eesrgs Francis Tr@in-
Other Anarchists.

iSic cccn4cs 70 stfAAc - tlONtft soit4uLt9s
and with such power of pslhos. Tney re-
call yividly the verse from Byron's Par
asns, which is the beginning of the thrilling
description OF the execution Of Hugo. .Psrx-
sina's parsm0ur.
The convent bells arr ring1sg
But rroufuiuliy and slow
Ia the gray. square turret lngiugs
WIKI a &C. sound 70 aud if0.
Heaf lly 20 lie "a art they 60,
H.Tkl Tie hymns l. singing
Tie s0ng for tae dead below
Ana he llvlng who shortly shall De 80.
Tor = departing being sOli
The death hymn peals aud the hollow bells
knoll.
$50 a. m.-Truly, the feeling was pre-
sentiment Truly. the hollow bells
knolled Tor the departing soul OF n human
being. The news has just flashed like
wildhre through the city that Louis Lingg
the most desperate snd inc0rrigiDie OF the
seven condemned men, has been found
dead IN mis- cell. OF course. be
died by his own hands. shooting HIM
self, as you will see by the early dispatches
with y dynamite candle through the head,
and blowing out his brains. Now il is
clear what the bombs found concealed in
his cell were for. OF course he intended
suicide with them, but also intended,
beyond doubt or question TO blow up the
Jail vi Ia all of its inmates, at the came in
slant that he sent his own soul into eternity.
These bombs are now on inspection al
police headquarters, and / have beeD
allowed TO inspect them. Any one OF the
four secretes an explosive power
sufficient 10 have shattered into
minute fragments q dozen such structures
as the Jail building.
Following this tnal, trsgical catastrophe
will any individual or paper still persist ia
the declaration. inslnu8tiOn Or belief that the
police force OF Chicago were responsible for
the placing OF the bombs in the cell OF the
suicIdey Or Will It be added that soMe
Chicago policeman furnished Lingg with
the dynamite candle? Nay, even taat some
Chicago policeman did the killing? Give the
poor devil his due. The bombs were his
| own. The dynamite candle was his own
and 50 were bis most remarkable
nerve. audacity ana iorlitude He was the
only one OF the Seven who AZ least stood
game unto the last, aid who has 10 the
last exhibited the courage OF his insane
convictions. Al OF the other six have IN
some manner or At some time fnchei ana
weakened within the past crucial form ght
And why should they not have ilinched
| and weakened? 1t is not 10 their discTedit 20
say that they are only human, aad aimos,
any human being, ex posed 10 the tremen-
G0us strain OF the pas, long. anxious, drag
| ging eighteen months would have sADWn
the results of the almost unexampled or
deal more palpabiy and Oiiener than have
| these men, whom the strange, past-analyz-
| Ing spirit OF fanaticism could slone have
| held up until this. the supreme hour. Poor
fellows and their poor. grief-stricken famil-
| les. am speaking now o. seven human
| beings not of seven anarchists. And II is
| q needless, hea.tiess. cruel th.ng this laws
delsy'-this hanging lire OF lustiCe-this
holding aud torturing cl a cci minsl c.
| criminals until they themselves iorgeltheir
| crime, and the general pGbiic almost for
| gets it with them. and lust men, but
| mercitul seeing the gloomy gal
| lows, would, if possible blot out The
| memory OF the grieyo1s murders. The
anarchists" SAYS almost every man |
meet, ARE guilty, ana beyond a doubt.
| In Justice they should hang. Bat why does
| Justice tardy so? They should have been
| hung at once, as soon IS trial could be had.
anu no such trial should have fingered"
| IF" says almost every man, IF the hang
| Ing had been decreed and taken place
] within one. two or six months time after
the Hsymarket massacre. there would have
| heen no plea-nc thought-of mercy or OF
| commutation from one out Of
1 ten thousand who now talk
| such q thing. simply because they
| have forgotten the Cead victims Of the
| massacre and only see and think OF the
| live victims Of the law.
| have met a very lew here who take the
| around that the seven anarchists we're
| guilty of no ollense whatever: tina: the
| trial was farce throughout and that an
| execution OF the sentence will be an out
| rage These men claim that there are many
| who feel az they do, but are afraid 10 come
| out and say 50. My infOrmsnts on thi.
| head are members OF the Assembly OF the
! Knights OF Labor of which Parsons is also
n member. and which lately seeded
in body from the order. These
\ men are very raoiG. Jhey tell
| me that the Central Labor nion ofthis city
stands by them in a Oody-a body number
| ing 1900 members and that this orgeni-
! zatiou has contributed over $4,000 10 the
/ defense Of the anarchists. and that lie men,
4 ber5 wall all stop work tomorrow, whether
| the condemned men are hanged or not. and
| will hereafter observe November IL Of each
| wear az a martyr dav' in commemm0ra-
| tion OF the punishment and the sufierngs
| Of the seven. From this u would seem that
a class Of men are determined
| 10 make martyrs ont Of the Seven,
| dead or alive. which Is precisely
| the position taken by the JELEsEAa- HkEAbD
/ all along. The newspaper men here state
| that the Central labor Union has always
contained a large and rabid red flag ele-
| ment, and also that positive orders have
/ neen issued 20 lie members - refrs ia from
work tomorrow. TIE hrbeitev Z>t'tnq. OF
| this city, tie local anarchist organ. has also
issued an appeal 10 sll work ingmen 10 top
| work on Friday. As most OF TIE stores vii
also either close entirely or practically sus-
| pend business. il will he seen that thou
/ sands npOn thousands of idle men Will be
| thrown upon the sireets all dsy. which will
| increase many fold the chances FOR serious
| trouble.
Serious trouble does not seem to 10 an
| tiCiHsted. however. either hy the police or
! the general public. Everybody - in q
| sense on . strain, nervOss and apprehen-
| size, but a. 10 is universally known thsf
/ every possible rTef sutlon has been taken in
view ~ Al emergency. ard a. the clrcam-
stances - indicate any pTeme5i'sted mrs
| chief sre 30 far not serious. tie
pu5iic has apparently settled down
/ into the cuviofi0n. that II trouble
| o0mas a. 81 it viii cone from acci-
1 0sns sno nos intention. On ths oibsT hand
/ bombs have been discovered in Fsrions
places. sueT yls cbarsctors snd vel.
/ knovn OUTSIDE ansTchisfs srs known %
| nsre come here within the psst twenty
. four hours. ? aurnher 81 srmed c-snFs hsre
hesa srrssfs1 and serersi we kD0vn in-
/ dividusi members q ire worst anarchist
socis.iss % tie efV have bcen detected in
I making large purchases - arms snl an
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